Cervical osteoarthropathy: an unusual cause of dysphagia

• Main Authors: Srinivas, P., George, J.
• Format: Article
• Published: Oxford University Press 1999
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/396/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10475873
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

PRESENTATION: A 72-year-old man complained of progressive dysphagia for solids associated with a sensation of foreign body in his throat for 2 years. A barium swallow showed a bridging osteophyte between C4 and C5 vertebrae indenting the oesophagus posteriorly and displacing it anteriorly. OUTCOME:...